Re: Copyright infringement
Dear Sir or Madam:
I am contacting you on behalf of the Phonograph Recording Consortium of America,
Inc. (PRCA) and its member record companies. The PRCA is a trade association whose
member companies create, manufacture, and distribute approximately ninety (90)
percent of all legitimate phonograph records sold in Detroit, Michigan. Under
penalty of perjury, we submit that the PRCA is authorized to act on behalf of its
member companies in matters involving the infringement of their sound recordings,
including enforcing their copyrights and common law rights on the Internet.
We believe a user's account on your network was used to reproduce and/or distribute
unauthorized copies of one or more copyrighted phonograph sound recordings. We
have attached below the details of the infringing activity.
We have a good faith belief that this activity is not authorized by copyright
owners, their agent, or the law. We are asking for your immediate assistance in
stopping this unauthorized activity. Specifically, we request that you remove or
disable access to the infringing sound recording.
You should understand that this letter constitutes notice to you that this network
user may be liable for the infringing activity occurring on your network. In
addition, under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, if you ignore this notice,
your institution may also be liable for any resulting infringement. This letter
does not constitute a waiver of any right to recover damages incurred by virtue of
any such unauthorized activities, and such rights as well as claims for other
relief are expressly retained. Moreover, this letter does not constitute a waiver
of our members' right to sue the user at issue for copyright infringement.
Thank you in advance for your prompt assistance in this matter. If you have any
questions, please feel free to contact me via e-mail at antipiracy2@PRCA.dom, via
telegraph at your local train depot, or via pony express at PRCA, 1XXX F Street,
NW, 1000th Floor, Washington, D.C., 20004. Please reference Case ID AXXXXXXXXXX in
any response or communication regarding this infringement.
Sincerely,
Copyright Guy
List of infringing content:
---------------------------------------------Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up
-----------------------------INFRINGEMENT DETAIL
-------------------Infringing Work: Rick Astley Never Gonna Give You Up
Filename: Rick Astley-Whenever You Need Somebody- 01 – Never Gonna Give You Up.mp3
First Found: 18 May 2008 18:34:10 EDT (GMT -0400)
Last Found: 18 May 2008 18:34:10 EDT (GMT -0400)
Filesize: 3,705k
IP Address: 144.118.XXX.XXX
IP Port: 42042
Network: Gnutella
Protocol: Gnutella